My GBRS Nightmare and a bit of advice!

[Anonymous]

#3 WISC, FSIQ 119.

[Anonymous]

Everyone should just trust the system. Why can't you accept the word of the trained professionals. The OP thinks she knows better than the teacher who has no bias.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should just trust the system. Why can't you accept the word of the trained professionals. The OP thinks she knows better than the teacher who has no bias.

Teachers are human. They always have bias. Some are able to see beyond their bias and others cannot.

[Anonymous]

After knowing my DS's GBRS score and reading the commentary, I am convenience that GBRS needs to be reformed because this subjective rating can indeed damage a child's future! I don't believe all students are giving the same amount of work and time to test their ability, then how can a teacher accurately tell a student is frequently being creative or consistently being creative? Many phrases in the categories are ambiguous measurement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should just trust the system. Why can't you accept the word of the trained professionals. The OP thinks she knows better than the teacher who has no bias.

Teachers are human. They always have bias. Some are able to see beyond their bias and others cannot.

Accept the word of the trained professionals? ---that is a ridiculous statement in this case. I am now concerned GBRS and unqualified teachers who giving the scores are damaging many kids' future! Thanks OP for sharing the story and bring up this concern!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should just trust the system. Why can't you accept the word of the trained professionals. The OP thinks she knows better than the teacher who has no bias.

Teachers are human. They always have bias. Some are able to see beyond their bias and others cannot.

Accept the word of the trained professionals? ---that is a ridiculous statement in this case. I am now concerned GBRS and unqualified teachers who giving the scores are damaging many kids' future! Thanks OP for sharing the story and bring up this concern!

+1

The teachers/AART/principals may be completely qualified but I don't see how it can be possible that they know EVERY kid in the second grade well enough to get this right EVERY time. Parents should certainly question and speak up if something seems off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should just trust the system. Why can't you accept the word of the trained professionals. The OP thinks she knows better than the teacher who has no bias.

Teachers are human. They always have bias. Some are able to see beyond their bias and others cannot.

Accept the word of the trained professionals? ---that is a ridiculous statement in this case. I am now concerned GBRS and unqualified teachers who giving the scores are damaging many kids' future! Thanks OP for sharing the story and bring up this concern!

+1

The teachers/AART/principals may be completely qualified but I don't see how it can be possible that they know EVERY kid in the second grade well enough to get this right EVERY time. Parents should certainly question and speak up if something seems off.

Completely agree. The AART didn't even know who my kid was before this year...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should just trust the system. Why can't you accept the word of the trained professionals. The OP thinks she knows better than the teacher who has no bias.

OP's story is a perfect example of why the teachers cannot be trusted. OP not only trusted "the system," the worked within it to place her children thoughtfully and appropriately. Thank you for sharing.

FWIW, my oldest had 130 scores and a 10 GBRS, but above grade level in everything and a truly curious child who loves to learn. I did not appeal, following teacher's advice, even though I knew he could get in based on our WISC. But he was my first and I thought I should listen to teachers. It was terrible advice and GE has been pathetic and lame and the child absolutely HATES school. My second is like OPs third. I know that he is totally slightly-above-average, but he is organized and a people-pleaser and he got in first round. He is not a kid who "needs" AAP but does he "deserve" it? Well as much as all the other slightly above average kids in AAP and of course he is doing fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should just trust the system. Why can't you accept the word of the trained professionals. The OP thinks she knows better than the teacher who has no bias.

OP's story is a perfect example of why the teachers cannot be trusted. OP not only trusted "the system," the worked within it to place her children thoughtfully and appropriately. Thank you for sharing.

FWIW, my oldest had 130 scores and a 10 GBRS, but above grade level in everything and a truly curious child who loves to learn. I did not appeal, following teacher's advice, even though I knew he could get in based on our WISC. But he was my first and I thought I should listen to teachers. It was terrible advice and GE has been pathetic and lame and the child absolutely HATES school. My second is like OPs third. I know that he is totally slightly-above-average, but he is organized and a people-pleaser and he got in first round. He is not a kid who "needs" AAP but does he "deserve" it? Well as much as all the other slightly above average kids in AAP and of course he is doing fine.

What were your second's scores?

[Anonymous]

Moral of the story:

If your kid got a high gbrs, aart and teacher are amazing

If your kid got a low gbrs, aart has no idea who your kid is, teacher never liked your kid and your kid has been bored since womb-days

[Anonymous]

^ I find it refreshing that several people with kids having high GBRS and accepted into AAP will acknowledge that their kids are slightly above average and don't technically "need" AAP. The kids I know who were accepted into AAP largely follow the same pattern: Slightly above average, organized people-pleasers who end up with very high GBRS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moral of the story:

If your kid got a high gbrs, aart and teacher are amazing

If your kid got a low gbrs, aart has no idea who your kid is, teacher never liked your kid and your kid has been bored since womb-days

+ 1 LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ I find it refreshing that several people with kids having high GBRS and accepted into AAP will acknowledge that their kids are slightly above average and don't technically "need" AAP. The kids I know who were accepted into AAP largely follow the same pattern: Slightly above average, organized people-pleasers who end up with very high GBRS.

Which category your child fits in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ I find it refreshing that several people with kids having high GBRS and accepted into AAP will acknowledge that their kids are slightly above average and don't technically "need" AAP. The kids I know who were accepted into AAP largely follow the same pattern: Slightly above average, organized people-pleasers who end up with very high GBRS.

Which category your child fits in?

I'll freely admit that my older child is not gifted, but rather is a bright, hardworking, people pleaser with test scores in the mid 120s and a high GBRS. This child only "needs AAP" because all of the other bright, hardworking kids are also in AAP.

[Anonymous]

Why is OP posting about the AAP... again?
Your youngest is in the 6th grade. Let it go and let others have their turn.